The 49ers Will Reportedly Make Jimmy Garoppolo The NFL’s Highest Paid Player

Jimmy Garoppolo led the San Francisco 49ers to five consecutive victories to end the 2017 NFL season. During that stretch, the former New England Patriots backup played quite well. The combination of his play in the absence of Tom Brady and his flourish in San Francisco was apparently enough to make Garoppolo the highest-paid player in the league.

They had to sign him after (a) the way he played down the stretch and (b) because they traded a 2nd for him. It’s the NFL, so the money reported is never the money the guy gets, so if he stinks, he’s cut and the Niners eat a bunch of cap space. If he’s great and returns them to among the league’s top teams, then it will have been worth every penny.

Packers are going to have to pay through the nose for Rodgers. He signed in 2013 5 years – 110mil, 33 in guarantees. Imagine what he’s getting this time around. Stafford just did 5 years – 135 mil, 60 in guarantees. Crazy money on QBs.